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A System Dynamics Model for Studying the Policies of Improvement of Chicken Industry Supply Chain
Gafi, Ehsan Gale; Javadian, Nikbakhsh - In: International Journal of System Dynamics Applications … 7 (2018) 4, pp. 20-37
The Iranian chicken industry has always been encountered to high and fluctuated chicken prices. The purpose of this article is to find the best choice to prevent chicken prices from increasing more by investments. System dynamics methodology has been used to modeling, evaluating and optimizing...
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Reinforcement Learning for Routing and Spectrum Management in Cognitive Wireless Mesh Network
Alsarhan, Ayoub - In: International Journal of Wireless Networks and … 5 (2016) 1, pp. 59-72
Cognitive radio networks (CRNs) can provide a means for offering end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) required by unlicensed users (secondary users. SUs). The authors consider the approach where licensed users (primary users, PUs) play the role of routers and lease spectrum with QoS guarantees...
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Economic impacts of the hotel industry: an input-output analysis
Kim, Hyojin; Kim, Byung-Gook - In: Tourism Review 70 (2015) 2, pp. 132-149
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to be limited to provide an overall economic structure linked with a particular hospitality industry by identifying the economic structure of relations between the two hotel industries and other industries within a particular state in the USA....
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Academic Entrepreneurship for Scaling Innovation
Baporikar, Neeta - In: International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and … 6 (2016) 2, pp. 21-39
Academic Entrepreneurship in the last three decades has risen to greater heights. There are various reasons too. Indian's education sector has been undergoing sea changes in these decades. Every state has been opening up and there has been a plethora of institutions established. In the process,...
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Holistic Approach for Balanced Scorecard as Managerial Decision Making Tool
Baporikar, Neeta - In: International Journal of System Dynamics Applications … 5 (2016) 1, pp. 31-42
theory approach, this paper examines some theoretical and methodological issues of BSC to develop a holistic perspective when …
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Descriptive Content Analysis on E-Service Research
Kim, Jung-Hwan; Lennon, Sharron J. - In: International Journal of Service Science, Management, … 8 (2017) 1, pp. 18-31
The current study systematically and thoroughly reviewed the extant literature on e-service quality research to examine 1) how e-service is defined by researchers, 2) how e-service quality is defined by researchers, 3) what e-service quality scales and dimensions have been identified, 4) what...
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The role of subject literature in scholarly communication
Andersen, Jack - In: Journal of Documentation 58 (2002) 4, pp. 463-481
) theory on scholarly communication can be supplemented and strengthened by this interpretation. By establishing a social … epistemology of subject literature the article contributes with a sketch of a coherent theory of scholarly literature explaining … the epistemological and communicative division of labor between the various types of subject literature. Such a theory is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014852960
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Building on models of information behaviour: linking information seeking and communication
Robson, Andrew; Robinson, Lyn - In: Journal of Documentation 69 (2013) 2, pp. 169-193
Purpose – This paper aims to gain insights from existing models of information behaviour, building on them to develop a new model which, unlike most others, encompasses both information seeking and communication. By identifying key factors affecting the successful communication and use of...
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A theory of the task‐based information retrieval process: a summary and generalisation of a longitudinal study
Vakkari, Pertti - In: Journal of Documentation 57 (2001) 1, pp. 44-60
(3) to construe a tentative theory of a task‐based IR process based on the supported hypotheses. The results of the … found. The corroborated hypotheses expand the ideas in Kuhlthau‘s model in the domain of IR. A theory of task …
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Metatheory and information science
Vickery, Brian - In: Journal of Documentation 53 (1997) 5, pp. 457-476
Metatheory is described as the analysis of the presuppositions of a field of knowledge or practice. The presuppositions at the basis of the practice of information science are discussed, in particular relation to such concepts as information, knowledge (personal and public), message, message...
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